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tam# We hare received repeated information, from several quarters, that some Persons who pet - end to have a❑ in il•,ence over Tug Surf, and even to possess a share in it, are in the habit of using that pretended influence in appl•- cati , ms to the Theatres, and Places of Public Entertainimmt, as %v:7! as various other occasions. The Editor, there for-, oeems it his duty to state, that he is the sole Pro prietor of the Paper, and to caution all whom it may con cern against an artfice which has been coinnvuly practised by those who have any kind of ce.nnexion with Public Journals. We earnestly assure our Readers, that. :di such apPtications are 'Wholly unauthorized, and are gross and shameless impositions. _ _ TIT? ATRTCAL ILEGISTER. CovENT-GARDi:N.—AN ORATORIO. DRU RY-LANE.—No PERFORMANCE. M (LS Außiv En-1 Doi)! in , 1 France DtiE —5 Waterford, S Guern sey and Jersey, 2 Holland, 3 Gottenburgli, 3 Halaburg,b, I Flanders. PRICE 01 THIS PAY AT F STOCKS r.LvE o'C LOCK. 2 per Cent. Cons. 78W Exch.Bills, 2d, I ts.l4s.l3s.pr. 5 per Cent. N. Ann....losiV i Ditto, 21d... 15s. I2s. I4s. pr. Imp. 3 per Cent Ann... 77ii Cons. for Account...7B;4-M India Bonds 935. 945. pr. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORBOW. Morninz, 51 minutes after 7. I Evening, 16 minutes after 8. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSTJM AUDEAT LON DON, SATURDAY, MARCV 14, 1818. We receive:l this morning the P:iris Papers of Tuesday and Wedneschy last. Our want of room confines us to a very few extracts, but they com prise the chief contents of the Journals that are of any inapOrtauce " CITAMBER OF PEERS. " MONDAY, MARCH 9. " The discussion on the Recruitment Prnjet Was resumed. "Tie different amendments moved were got rid of by the previous question. " That proposed by the Committee to limit to the rank of Captain the right of promotion by seniority, was got rid of by the previous question, which was carried 87 to 83. " The Chamber proceeded to divide upon the whole Projet, when there appeared for it, 96 against it, 74. " 'cue ndoption of the Projet ryas proclaimed. " The Chamher adjourned, sine die. CIIANIBER OF DEPUTIES, MArtcn 9. " The Committee on Petitions reported a Pe tition from a number of the inhabitants of Ver dun, complaining that a considerable amount of Oehts were still due to them from Englishmen Who had been prisoners there.—Ordered to be referred to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. " MAt:cti 10.—No pnblic sitting. " PARIS'. MARCH 11.—The King received yes terday the Foreign Ministers. The Duke of Wel lington was confined to his honse by a slight in- 4ispoii(ino, and could not attend. " According to the intelligence from different parts of France, the stor►t►s on the 411►, Hod sth instant, were every where felt with more or less violeure. In several quarters hail, lightning, and thunder, added to the horro►s of.the tempest. " There was another assemblage of ►he Corps Diplomatique on Monday, at the hotel of the Doke of Wellington. The Duke de Richelieu was also present.. " The Recruitment Projet, as adopted by the Chamber of Peers, was yesterday presented to the King by the Keeper of the Seals, at the head of the bureau of the Chamber. The Duke of Wellington, it is said, leaves Paris on the Dich in6t• for his bead quarters at Catubray. It is thought that he will soon after ward: go to London, previous to his proceeding to the Congress of Sovereigns. " A dreadful storm was experienced at Utrecht on the 3d instant, which was accompanied by thunder, lightning, hail, and rain ; much damage was done. " The affair of Madame Mancon becomes more serious every day ; disclosures of the greatest im pot ranee have been made at Ithodez. " Sundiy the high wind blew off the lead from the roof of the Halle-Aux-Miles ; one of the strongest and highest trees in the garden of the Thuilleries was also blown down. Saturday the coachman of the Duke d'Uz6s was blown from his seat, and ',Mud upon the spot. " The Duke de Richelieu had a conference for an hour on Sunday with the Duke of \Veiling- " FIVE PER CENTS. ton. " Mond cx. div.. " Tuesday, ditto... 65 f. A 5 c. *sf. SO c. " MADRID, MARCH 1.-An Amnesty for the re fugees, with certain exceptions, has at length been published here. NUREMBERG, MARCH 3.—The Congress of Sovereigns will, it is now said, be opened at Dusseldorf - 1' on the Ist of August. " PETERsBURGH, FEB. 13.—0 n the 24th of Nuvettiber a violent shock of an earthquake was felt at Irak, the Capital of Georgia." PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. MAacn I I.—Several important objects o,cuny the French Nlinistry at this moment : the Budget, the withdrawing of the Allies, the CUI. eonlet, the affAir of Lyons, the Trial of the mur• derers of Fualdes, and the attempt to assassinate the Duke of IVFLLINGI ON. The Budget induce long and warm discus sions. M. LAFITTE is preparing, or rather he is getting his speeches prepared to'r the occasion j),y his friend m ANUEL ; Who, a lawyer withotit briefs, makes a pretty decent livelihood, as Chamber Counsel to those who call themselves Constitu 7 tionalisis, of whom M. LAFITTE would wish to be at the head but as he is only like the moon, and shines with borrowed light, he will never be more than a satellites—he will Dever rise to he a planet. He reads his speeches, and these speeches are written for hini by M. MANUEL. This would be a salutary lesson , for some English Senators, who, by these means, would be the first political oracles of St. Stephen's Chapel. The negociations for withdrawing the Allies are yet in an unsettled state. The dilapidated state of the French Finances prevents the conditions proposed from being acceded to. France is willing to do all in her power; more ought•not to be ask• ed. The Concordat, even under its modifications of one Bishop for a Depattmsut, is not relished by the Deputies, and We apprehend the Ministry is too prudent to present a law worthy only of the darkest ages of bigotry and superstition. It was the work of BLACAS, the Minister, who, by his ignorance and intolerance, precipitated his Master from his Throne on the 20th of Mar Ch.--- Were it prudent to throw back the veil, we would tell the Bsitish Public whose Minister he is, and by whose orders he acts ; we would lay open this iniperium in iniperio, the power of which, if not checked, will cause. a new Revolution in France, and cover Europe with scenes of blood and slaughter ; but the parties to whom we allude would nut shudder at this, they would not object to see a nation exterminated, and they fancy themselves of such importance, that it is the duty of all Europe to arm for what they are pleased to call their interests. In the mean time, the affair of Lyons spews that they can do a little for them selves. The truth—the whole truth of this hor rible affair is on the eve of being known ; impu dence and falsehood are now no longer of use ; CANUEL, the infamous CANUEL, and his agents, are unmasked. To-morrow 1 will send you some important and authentic particulars on the actors in these scenes. The French Ministry has been accused of turning virtuous Ultras out of office ; re cent facts have prOved tliat it has suffered too many What could it hope for but disgrace, in employing the infamous CANUEL, and the bi goted M. de FAEGUES as Mayor of Lyons, who, iu his holy zeal, fixed the number of shoe-blacks at 125, placed them under the superintendance of the clergy, and forbade theta, under pain of im prisonment, to exercise their high fonctions, un less they had about them a certificate of cooles sion, and another of good life and manners, signed by the Curate of the Parish ? What can the Ministry hope in employing M. RERESPERTS as Prefect. of La Vendee, a man who seeks even openly to overthrow the Ministry ? We cook! men tion several other cases which spew rather a cul pable weakness in Ministers leaving their enemies in place, than any ardour in getting rid of them. The affair of FUALDES is postponed until the 25th inst. on account of the dangerous indisposition of the Widow BANCAL. The infamous Mad. Matssota continues to play the part she began with : it is really abominable that a woman, without the least sense either of decency or morals, should he suffered - to sport with justice as she does; but, wicked, cunning, and infamous as she is, she will be taken in her own net. The rumours as to the cause or motive of the attempted assassination of the Doke of WELLING TON are by no means favourable to an opinion of his Grace's continency, hut though the rumour is general amongst the English, who have any cor respondence with Belgium, we attach no im portance to it at present. to remain. Partial changes are spoken of in tilt French Ministry. At length there seems to be some chance that the " weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable" debates on THE INDEMNITY BTLL are now at an end. It was read a third time last night, and the poor dis comfited OPPOSITION were able to muster only 23 against 82. Never was there before, we may venture to say, an OPPOSITION that has sunk so low in the general estimation of the people as the present, and, unhappily too for themselves, as it is the prevalent expectation that we are now on the eve of a Dissolution of Parliament. Can those men who have only shewn compassion for REBELS and TRAITORS, and who have endeavoured to pre vent Ministers from being indemnified from the puosecutions of wicked men, after having SAVED THE EMPIRE from their arts and their violence, hope to be restored to the power of again disturb ing the Country by exciting tlisconteut, and I ibouring to defend Faction at;d Sedition !!! No 7 —they must content themselves, when a Disso lution takes place, with Tavern Meetings, and Common. MtUs, if the City of London should not rouse itself into a sense of its dignified character, and prevent them Qom so farAisgraeing the grot - Capital of Europe. We have'tOcongratidata Readers, particular, that we are likely to he relieved from the load of frivolous and vexatious discussions, which prevented us from rendering our Journal more miscellaneous, and denied us the pleasure of presenting to them theelfusions,of such CORRESPONDENTS as, in point of learning, judgment, humour, spund principles, and conse-, (Ineptly. laudable objects, have never, we may pre sume to say, been excelled, at any period in the history of Newspapers. Tl►e prospect of new political arrangemeto3 is still adhered to. It is said that when they are completed Mr. WYNN is to go as Secretary to Ireland.—We merely' mention these rumours, without vouching for their' authenticity; and whatever strength. thePiipisli Party may gain by the change,, we are Convinced that the PEOPLIZ of Ireland twill not be much benefited by it. We shall always, on their account, regret any change which tvill deprive them of the eminent services o► that enlightened and distinguished Statesman, the present Secretary to the Government of that Kingdom. We flatter ourselves there is not any truth in the statements .of the Continental Newspapers, that Lord CASTLER'EAGET is to attend the Congress of the Foreign Sovereigns next summer, at Frank fort,• to arrange and settle a general System of Commerce; We do not hesitate to express it as our opinion, that the Legislature of this Country ought always to view arrangements of this nature with much jealousy ; for the true interests of Great Britain will be always best consulted and promoted by our NOT entering into any Commer cial Treaties with Foreign States, but allowing the Trade and Navigation of the Empire to be regulated from time to time by Parliament, as circumstances might require. Such we understand to he the opinion of all modern Statesmen, and we shall be sorry to see it disregarded. Fre quently Commercial Arrangements have been made by Treaty, very injurious to the nation ; but as the faith of the Sovereign was committed, the Treaty has been confirmed by the Legislature. Therefore we conceive it to be necessary, in order to avoid a recurrence of similar evils, that all Com mercial Treaties should be avoided. We have been this morning informed that the murderers of Mr. BIRD, and his female servant, at Greenwich, have been found to be three Gen tlemen's servants in the neighbourhood, all of whom are in custody ; they have been examined before the Magistrates, and one of them has turned Ring's evidence. The watches and property stolen have been discovered. They have been committed to Maidstone Gaol for trial at the ensui►►g Assizes. The Doke of CAKERIDGE will be married early in April, at Cassel, and . is expected to arrive in this country, with his bride, before the end of the month. The former residence of the Duke itf South Andley-street is preparing for the reception of his Royal Highness and his Illustrious Consort. Nu merous workmen are constantly employed in the necessary decorations and repairs. The stables have also been tenanted with eight fine - carriage horse', and numerous servants are being engaged, under the direction of the QuEEN's Clerk of the S!ables.—(Heruld) Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mili tary business with the PRINCE REGENT. It appears to be the opinion of practical men in most parts of the kingdom, that the MALT TAX might be resumed without injury or pressure on any classes of the community, and that with it, and small additions on some of- the existing taxes on articles NOT of the f irst necessity, a revenue might be raised, which would enable the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to give up the Duty on Coals coastwise, the Salt Duty, and the additional Duty on Leather. Tics ORATORIOS.-The season concluded at Covent Garden Theatre last night, and we are gratified in stating, that it has been very pros perous, as might, indeed, be expected under the judgment, taste, and experience of the AstiLays, who have spared no expellee to procure the best Performers, vocal and instrumental, in order to enter into a generous and laudable competition with the same entertainment at the other Thea tre, both of which, we are glad to say, have been attended with well-merited success. LITERATUIZE.—Our Classical and Poetical Readers will be gratified in hearing that the public are soon to be favoured with a new trans la:ion of the 'TENTH end THIRTEENTH SATIRES of JUVENAL, by Mr. SWIFT, a bold attempt after the admirable version of Mr. GIFFORD ; but emula tion is the great stimulus of. Genius, as well as a spring of excellence— "And FA M CS wide dome is large enough for all." The statement in it Paper of Thursday (which led us into an error of yesterday) of the marriage of Miss SOMERVLLLE, late of Drury-lane The atre, we have to contradict, as unfounded. — (Morning Post.) A Tradesman who. held a Share of No. 6,963, drawn upon the First Day, and eutitivd to Four Pipes of Pott Wine, said he was quite staggered when the clerk at BISII's told hint of Ilk good fortune. Nobody will wonder at this, for what is so likely to produce staggering as a quantity of good Port Wine ? THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. There has perhaps seldom been a more unnee cessary intrusion upon public notice than appears in the Letter of this Nobleman, on account of the appointment of Lord G,RANTHAM to the Lor i Lieutenancy of tbe . ,Connty of Bedford. In the . • first place, the , Duke of BEDFORD had no right S. expect that, because that honour had been Coda' red on his family in-former times, it was to b e heteditary in that family. In the next place, th e part which his Grace had taken in politics 'chided him from all reasonable hopes that it would be conferred on him. Then, granting that the late Lord OssoaY might wish to be relieved froth the labours of the Lieutenancy, he bad no right to confer it on the Duke of BEnpoan. Again, 0 3 the death of Lord OSSORY, it does not appear that the Duke of BEDFORD made any application to succeed him in the office; and why should he sue' pose that Government were to hunt out. for hints and beseech him to accept it. As to the inter' tion on the part of Lord OSSORY to resign 0, office, when he accepted it i n 1771, i n f avour 0 the late Duke .of 1 - I,A3Foan, till he became of age, that is rather matter of conjecture than of proof; and it is not certain, that if he had resign' ed it at that period, he would have been allowed the nomination of a successor. On the contrary , as the late Duke was of the same political party with the present, it is very probable that, in case of a vacancy, he would have been passed over i° the .same manner. But why were the present Duke's mournful effusions addressed to LOr a GRANTHAM, who probably never heard of the presumed arrangement by which Lord Ossosa was to be locum teams to the late Duke of BED' YORD, and, if he had, was under no obligation to attend to it, and to decline the honour now cow terred on him. There can be no reason why the, Duke should have addressed th e L e t ter to Lore GRANTHAM, nor was it at all consistent with deli' racy and decorum that it should have been pub' fished in a Newspaper. In every view of the sub' ject, the Duke seems to have had no reasonable plea for thrusting himself thus on public notice. As to the Letter itself, it is so full of egotism's , that it seems to have been framed by Lor a ERSKINE, particularly as the Duke was one of -those who signed the Loans' PROTEST, avowedli the production of that Noble Lord, who is noto' riously partial to what Mr. G IBBON s til es " the most disgusting of all the pronouns." Upon the, whole, we cannot see any fault on th e part of Ministers in their allotment of the office in titles,' tion. If they had offered to bestow it on 1111 Grace, they might have been charged with an a" tempt at mean conciliation, or have exposed then' selves to the proud rejection of party zeal. `l i bel have conferred it• on a very respectable Nobleman' who is likely to become possessed of very cool' derable property in the county, an d w h ose arias' tors enjoyed the same honour. We shall nod avail ourselves of some Extracts from Cowrie ° PEERAGE, which appeared in a respectable Mora' ing Paper of yesterday, which Paper bad previous :It contained some pertinent, judicious, and spiricea observations on the subject. The following r" cords will skew what connexion the family of p g GREY, of which Lord GRANTHAM is the wale re presentative, have had with the county of 13 e ford : JOHN DE GREY was Sheriff of Bedford and Bucks, 23 1 1 . 111 d office tantamount to that of Lord-Lieutenant in later JOHN DE GREY, 5 E. 11., had a grant of the Manors of Sv iaW ton and Sharnbrook, in the County of Bedford. hAd ROGER DE GREY, residing in the County of Bedford, summons to go to Guyenne with Earl Warion, 18E. , in 11 E. 111., the King sent him a schedo 6 of the propositions offered to the King of FKANc“ Qr Peace, to show to the Clergy and P eo pl e i n th e Counties o Bedford and Rucks. , 26 E. HI., one of the Commissioncr,i. arm and array all the Knights, Es q ui res , an d other au . " persons in the Counties of Bedford and Bucks. of REGINALD DE GREY died, 12 It. 11., seized o f the Manor s Wrest and Flit te, in the County of Bedford. Jolts DE GREY, Knight of the Garter, left twosons, EsEIW -w. created Earl of KENT, 3 E. IV.; THOMAS, created L o rd GREY of Bougenzont, in the County of Begord, who left 10 ISSUE. REGINALD nE GREY Sheriff of Bedford and Bucks, n IC 3 ,* Sir HENRY GREY, of irreat, succeeded his half-broth er Earl of KENT, in 1524. . It may here be proper to observe, that the f l " mily of RUSSELL had no connexion with (11 County of Bedford until many years after this Pe' Hod, namely, in the Ist year of E. VI., when 1,116 first Earl of BE DFORD h a d a grant o f W o burn , hey. But :o return to the family of DH GaBY --- ",„ HENRY GREY, 6th Earl of KENT, was Lord-Lieutenant of tr.- County of Bedford, 1585 to 1614 27 Ye 3l* HENRY GREY, Earl of KENT, 1646 to 1651.. HENRY GnEv, Duke of KENT (the last Male Heir of the Family), 1711 to 1740 3O ditto' In all 63 The family of RUSSELL held the same houour able post, as under— 10 WILLIAM RUSSELL, Earl, afterwards Duke of BEDroftv , r 1660 say 1 Y e 3 . , The Same, 1639 to 1700 l2 alt ia WROITHESLEY RUSSELL, Duke of BEDFORD, ____ 1700 to 1711 JoIINT RUSSELL, Duke of BEDFORD, 1745 to 11 ditty. 1771. 27 ditto 5t ditto• From the above statements it clearly arpo r6 .; that the " succession of ages" referred to by tn i. Grace of BEDFORD, sinks into insignificance wil contrasted with the services of that family, to head of which, in all probability, Lord Gil THAM is destined to be, in no distant pe!,,. i ' u d when his estates w ithi n th e C oun ty o f Bea.P will be little, if at all, inferior to th o se of I h% "- Duke Of BEDFORD. It may he further observed, that the DE GRO S were Lords of Parliament at their commenc e ; ment, in the reign of EDWARD I. 3 and that t il RUSSELLS did not attain that dignity until th e reign of HENRY VIII. The Morning Chronicle has this day had the P H / to resume the subject, and, admitting that Lord GRANTHAM is " a man of good character," c °l " tends, that as " he is not possessed of one s hil ; ling of property in th e c oun ty," lie is not qua l i fie to be its Lord Lieutenant ; admitting too, at, the same time, that lie is presumptive heir to alarg e estate in that Counly. But as the Noble " r j has no immediate connexion with the County, be 13